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incidence

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number of individuals that develop conditions (over period of time)

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prevalence

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total count of people with a condition at a specific point in time

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schizophrenia

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psychosis, disturbances of reality, orientation and thinking

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schizophrenia positive symptoms

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delusions, hallucinations, thought disorders, movement disorders

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schizophrenia negative symptoms

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avolition/apathy (lack of initiative to accomplish tasks), alogia (inhbility to speak), anhedonia flattening (lackig full range of emotional expression), asocialtiy (lack of motivation to socizlize)

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dopamine hypothesis

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idea it involves to much dopamine activity in brain

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aberrant salience hypothesis

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heightened levels of dopamine increase attention and motivation circuits to make ordinary environmental factors seem significant

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dopamine deficiency

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dopaminergic drugs are ineffective

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Glutamate theory

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loss of NDA receptors causes increase in glutamate receptors Witch in turn increases dopamine (glutamate causes negative, dopamine causes positive)

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tardive dyskinesia

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tremors and involuntary movements due to ling-term blocking of dopamine receptors

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hypofrontality

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decrease in activity in frontal lobe

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affecitve disorders

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mood disorders

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mania

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excess energy and confidence

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depressive disorders

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intense sadness and loss of interest

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bipolar disorders

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alternate between depression and mania

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reactive depression (depressive disorders)

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occasional intense sadness in response to life’s challenges

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major depressive disorders (depressive disorders)

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intense sadness for long periods of time

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mania symptoms

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inflative self-esteem, decreased sleep, talkativeness, racing thoughts, easily distracted, increased goal-directed activities, agitation, involvement in risk activity

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Bipolar 1

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alternate between periods of depression and full-blown mania (delusions, hallucinations, paranoia, bizarre behavior

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Bipolar 2

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alternate between periods of depression and hypomania (mania at 50%)

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bipolar disorder treatments

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second-generation antipsychotics (target glutamate), lithium (normaozes both extremes), carbamazephine and valproate (targets mania)

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Electroconvulsion therapy

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‘resets’ the brain

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circadian rhythms

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daily body rhythms

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seasonal affecitve disorders

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depression rises and falls with the seasons

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amygdala and ventral prefrontal cortex (role in depression) (neurological anomalies)

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ventral prefrontal cortex decides if it’s depression or mania (on depression off mania)

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bipolar disorder (neurological anomalies)

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decreased thickness and gial density in anterior cingulate cortex and neural density in amygdala, + Brian metabolism in manic episodes

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generalized anxiety

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feelings of stress and unease most of the time

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panic disorder

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sudden anxiety attacks

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phobia

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fear when confronted with specific thing

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PTSD

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reoccurring thoughts/images, avoiding event reminders, feelings of emptiness, lack in concentration, overactive to environment

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Anomalies in Brian function (PTSD, phobia, anxiety, panic disorders)

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hyperrespoive amyglada, anterior cingulate cortex is hyperacitve (anxiety, panic, phobias), insular cortex ovelry responsive (phobia and PTSD)

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Personality disorders

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distrust and suspicion, unstable social relationships, problems with control and attention, emotional dysfunction

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OCD

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obsessive (uncontrollable thought) , compulsion (ritualistic behaviour to remove anxiety)

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Over grooming (OCD related disorders)

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nail biting, hair pulling, skin picking

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Tourette Syndrome

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individuals produce a variety of motor and sounds (tics)

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Borderline personality disorder

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unstable interpersonal relationships, poor self-image, impulsivity, intense fear of abandonment and rejection, strong desire to be loved, rapid vacillation between feeling of love and hate, risky behaviours such as gambling and speeding, high risk suicide

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